Scientific Name Gypsophila paniculata Common Name Baby's breath

Perennial Flowers Consumer Hort Index - Fact Sheets

Characteristics Season summer Height 18-36 inches Hardiness USDA Hardiness Zone 3-8 Flower Color white, pink, rose Soil well drained, alkaline soil Exposure full sun Propagation seed, tissue culture, grafting North Carolina Regions Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain Comments Double flowered cultivars are grafted onto single flowered rootstocks, so care must be taken to never cut the plant back below this graft union. Leave baby's breath alone in the garden after it becomes established, because damage to the large, fleshy roots may kill the planting. Origin Europe, Asia

Prepared by: orginally by Alice B. Russell, retired Extension Specialist, NC State University
                     maintained and expanded by Erv Evans, Consumer Horticulturist, NC State University

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